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Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, Haiti’s former dictator, returned unexpectedly Sunday to the country after some 25 years in exile.

Venezuela will name a government representative to the board of opposition broadcaster Globovision, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in speech Tuesday.

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